The Larimer County Board of Health convened its regular
meetings at 7:00 PM at the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment,
1525 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins, CO.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Lee
Thielen, M.P.A.

Teri
Olson, R.N., M.S.N.

Judy
Robinson, B.S.N., M.P.H.

N.
Mark Richards, M.D., M.P.H.

Blair
Trautwein, J.D.

Adrienne
LeBailly, M.D., M.P.H.

OTHERS PRESENT: Marie
Macpherson, Bruce Peters, Avie Strand,

Gerald Blehm, Janelle Henderson,
and Amy Smith

1. Call
to order

The meeting was officially called
to order at 7:30 pm.

2. Approval
of the Minutes of June 12, 2008

The minutes of June 12, 2008 were unanimously approved.

3. Board
review – 2008 update of department’s Public Health Emergency Operations Plan
(PHEOP) and transfer of 800-MHz radio service from Board of Health to Sheriff’s
department

Janelle Henderson, Senior
Environmental Health Specialist, informed the Board of Health that the department
is required by State Board of Health regulations to have an Emergency
Operations Plan, which must be updated annually and submitted to the state
health department and the local BOH by July 31. Ms. Henderson said that
contact lists, required Public Health forms, and medical provider lists have
been updated in the past year. She explained that the Department’s plan for
Pandemic Flu is an annex to the Emergency Operations plan.

Bruce Peters informed the Board
that the department has transferred our eight 800-MHz radios from the Northern
Colorado Communications Network to the Larimer County Network. When we needed
to acquire the radios, Larimer County was not ready to move

to the 800-MHz system, so they were licensed to the BOH instead of Larimer County
Government. With this change, they will be licensed though Larimer County
instead of the BOH. The Board had no objections and no formal action was
needed.

4. Distribution
of Board of Health Self-Evaluation tool

Lee Thielen distributed an
evaluation sheet for the members of the Board to complete. A review and
discussion of the results will take place either at the August or September
meeting.

5. Director’s
Report

Dr. LeBailly informed the BOH
members that a septic variance hearing has been requested for the August
meeting. The members agreed Blair Trautwein would chair the variance hearing.

Dr. LeBailly and Marie Macpherson
discussed the upcoming budget reviews, and assured the BOH members they would
be advised of the rankings when the Department is informed. Ms. Macpherson
will send out budget information to the BOH prior to the August meeting.

Dr. LeBailly updated the BOH of
the decision made by the Fort Collins city council to appoint a three-member
panel to review Health Department recommendations to do adulticiding. She said
that so far, there are no positive mosquito pools this summer.

Dr. LeBailly informed the BOH of
the increase in financial fees for Vital Statistics. An increase of $ .75 has
taken effect July 1, 2008 to support the Colorado Responds to Children with
Special Needs Program at the state health department.

Dr. LeBailly reported on the
refrigerator and alarm system problems that led to the loss of vaccine in our Fort
Collins office; this loss will not be reimbursed by Risk Management. She
will be meeting with Risk on their policies and procedures regarding coverage.
The Department has upgraded to a commercial grade refrigerator since the
incident, and is trying to resolve the problems with the alarm and the alarm
company.